Liber Iob, 8
1. Respondens autem Baldad Suhites dixit:
1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2. “Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus vehemens sermones oris tui?
2. "How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
3. Numquid Deus supplantat iudicium, aut Omnipotens subvertit, quod iustum est?
3. Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
4. Et si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suae,
4. If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the power of their transgression.
5. tu tamen, si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus,
5. If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,
6. si mundus et rectus incesseris, statim evigilabit ad te et pacatum reddet habitaculum iustitiae tuae;
6. if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and reward you with a rightful habitation.
7. in tantum ut, si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
7. And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
8. Interroga enim generationem pristinam et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam.
8. "For inquire, I pray you, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have found;
9. Hesterni quippe sumus et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram.
9. for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
10. Nonne ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi et de corde suo proferent eloquia?
10. Will they not teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their understanding?
11. Numquid virere potest scirpus absque umore, aut crescere carectum sine aqua?
11. "Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
12. Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
12. While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13. Sic viae omnium, qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes impii peribit.
13. Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish.
14. Cuius spes filum tenue, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia eius.
14. His confidence breaks in sunder, and his trust is a spider's web.
15. Innitetur super domum suam et non stabit; fulciet eam et non consurget.
15. He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16. Umectus videtur, antequam veniat sol, et in horto suo germen eius egredietur.
16. He thrives before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.
17. Super acervum petrarum radices eius densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
17. His roots twine about the stoneheap; he lives among the rocks.
18. Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum et dicet: “Non novi te”.
18. If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, `I have never seen you.'
19. Haec est enim laetitia viae eius, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
19. Behold, this is the joy of his way; and out of the earth others will spring.
20. Deus non proiciet simplicem nec porriget manum malignis,
20. "Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
21. donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua iubilo.
21. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
22. Qui oderunt te, induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet”.
22. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
